• ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    Yeah the moral thing to do is pay a third party company $130 per year who then pays an artist $0.20 per billion streams of their work.

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      7 months ago

      I mean the moral thing is just to not buy the product if you have an issue with it.

      I have no problem with piracy, but pretending you’re some sort of hero for doing it is ridiculous

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        7 months ago

        How is that the moral avenue? You want these artists to fade into obscurity because nobody can ever hear their music while also not earning any money?

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          7 months ago

          Not saying Bandcamp are the good guys but at least you have an option. And today is Bandcamp Friday, when artists keep 100% of the sales!

          We run our Navidrome server at home and listen to our music using clients such as Feishin and Tempo (Android).